Improvement in hat-presses



waited gratta @wat f @Mira FRANKLIN FREY, OFLIBERTY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR FOR THREE-'FOURTHS TO A. H. BUTTS, JR., WILLIAM H. MEAOHAM AND CHARLESYJ. KARNEY.

Letters Patent No. 105,062, dated July 5, 1870.

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IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-PRESSES.

vin the county of Adams and State of Illinois, have invented a new and valuable ,Improvement in Hay- Presses; Vand I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construetion and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of this speccation, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

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Figure 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section; and i Figure 3 is a transverse section of the same.

My invention relates to means for baling hay, cotton, dto., and consists mainly inthe construction and novel` arrangement of devices forming a combined beating and leverage press, designed to operate etliciently for the purposes above set forth.

The letter A of the drawing designates the frame of the press.

The box or compartmentin which the hay is placed is formed by the doors H, parallel walls, S S, and side walls, a' a', which are somewhat inclined toward each other horizontally, to facilitaterthe removal of the bale.

-Each door is secured by means of a hook, arranged to engage with a stud in a hinged vertical bar, adapted to swing against the free end of the doorwhen shut.

The upper part of the frame isopen between the corner uprights, to allow of the introduction of the hay, and of the ends of the pressing-levers E.

The v Idoors and hinged latch-bars are made very strong,'and arranged to turn upon the tie-rods u, which secure the frame to the foundation sills.

V represents a hinged ledge, adapted to drop down, to admitof the introduction of the hay, and provided with ropes,4 e z', whereby it is connected to the sliding bar l'.

After the hay is introduced the ledge V is raised, thereby keeping it within the box.

D represents the beater-weight, provided with the transverse groovesc, and raised by turning the horizontal pulley K, bearing the catch-bar L, to which the suspending rope e, passing over the pulley a and under the; roller b, is attached.

When the pulley has made nearly a complete revolution, the catch-bar L is lifted from the lng m'on the pulley, by the inclined plane h, attached to the frame, releasing the beater, which falls at once on the hay.

'.Lhe horizontal pulley is secured to a vertical shaft, R, which is operated by means of sweeps, T. l

, [represents a hinged shifter, which lies upon its Figure l of the drawing is a top view of my invenside during the beating process, but, when it is desiredl to discontinue the operation of the beater, the shifter is raised.

` -The letters E E designate the pressing-levers,l piv-l oted to the arms d d pendent from and pivoted to a rod at the top of the frame, between the upn'ghts.

These levers are made double, and have their ends.

connected by cross-bars to which the operating ropes y y are attached. The bearing-ends ot the levers are shod with iron.

The operating rope y is arranged to pass upward between the-levers and arms, over the pulley c,'and then around the pulley ein the oblique block at the base of the press.

Both ropes y y then pass to the vertical shaft, and are attached to the revolving collar s.

This collar is seated upon a shoulder at the lower partof the shaft, and is arranged tov rotate freely during the operation of the beater. Butwhen thelev'ers Y are to be operated, the hinged-catch ts dropped into thenotch u' in the collar, which willthen revolve with the vertical shaft as it is turned by the sweeps, or other power.

What I claim as my invention, 'and desire to'se 1. 4In combination with the inchned plane h, the

grooved horizontal pulley K, provided withlngs, m n, and the radial arm L, to which the seater-rope is attached, when constructed and arranged to operate as specified.

2. 4In combination with the radial arm L, and horizontal driving-pulley of a beater-press, thefshifter l, when constructed and arranged tooperate as specified.

3. In combination with the pressing-levers E E, the pendent arms dv (l, oblique pulleys e e, and rotating collar s, notched to receive the key t,`pivoted to the rotating-shaft R of a beater-press, as specified.

4. The double lever E, consisting of two levers, having their long arms rigidly connected together at the ends, in -combinationwith the pendent arms d d and beater D, .havin g uprights, a n, substantially as shown and described. Y

5. The beveled pressing-chamber G, as specified.

6. The tie-rods u, when constructed and arranged to operate as and for the purposes set forth and shown.

In testimony that I claim tbe above, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN FREY.

Witnesses:

L. E. EMMONS, M. R. BUTZ. 

